The Roughest, Toughest, Manliest Movies of All Time

It’s Friday night, the lady has left with the girls, BOOYAH!! Time to watch a testosterone filled man-movie – preferably one with copious amounts of blood, guts, gore, and glory. Or maybe your lucky enough to have a girl who likes these movies too. Whatever the case, the issue is what to watch? Well, why not start with this killer list (he, he, he) of the roughest, toughest, manliest movies of all time.

Think we missed a movie that should be on the list. Tell us in the comments.

1. Predator (1987)

R | 1h 47min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | 12 June 1987 (USA)

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One of Arnolds best, this testosterone filled, blood dripping, jungle-swamped, shoot-em-up is sure to satiate any desire for blood, guts, and glory. This movie is loaded with guns, bulging muscles, and foul-language-filled one-liners. Just watch it…that is if you think you can handle the manliness, you little lollipop-licking pansy. (Just kidding)

IMDB Description: A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. Play trailer – Buy/Watch on Amazon

Notable QuotesBlain: Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me.Poncho: [holds up his grenade launcher] Yeah, strap this on your “sore ass”, Blain.

2. Commando (1985)

R | 1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 4 October 1985 (USA)

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IMDB Description: A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter to blackmail him into starting a revolution and getting an exiled dictator back into power.

Notable QuotesCooke: You scared, motherfucker? Well, you should be, because this Green Beret is going to kick your big ass!John Matrix: I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I’m very hungry!Cindy: [hiding under a table] I can’t believe this macho bullshit…

4. Die Hard (1988)

R | 2h 17min | Action, Sci-Fi | 3 July 1991 (USA)

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IMDB Description: John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Notable QuotesHans Gruber: [on the radio] Mr. Mystery Guest? Are you still there?John McClane: Yeah, I’m still here. Unless you wanna open the front door for me.Hans Gruber: Uh, no, I’m afraid not. But, you have me at a loss. You know my name but who are you? Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he’s John Wayne? Rambo? Marshal Dillon?John McClane: Was always kinda partial to Roy Rogers actually. I really like those sequined shirts.Hans Gruber: Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?John McClane: Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.

John McClane: Geronimo, Motherfucker!

5. First Blood (1982)

R | 1h 33min | Action, Adventure, Drama | 22 October 1982 (USA)

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IMDB Description: Former Green Beret John Rambo is pursued into the mountains surrounding a small town by a tyrannical sheriff and his deputies, forcing him to survive using his combat skills.

Notable QuotesRambo: I could have killed ’em all, I could’ve killed you. In town you’re the law, out here it’s me. Don’t push it! Don’t push it or I’ll give you a war you won’t believe. Let it go. Let it go!Rambo: As Rambo is having his meltdown at the end of the movie, sitting down leaning against the filing cabinet, he speaks of where his friends are and mentions a “’58 Camaro.” Camaros came out in 1967.

6. Rocky (1976)

PG | 2h | Drama, Sport | 3 December 1976 (USA)

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IMDB Description: Former Green Beret John Rambo is pursued into the mountains surrounding a small town by a tyrannical sheriff and his deputies, forcing him to survive using his combat skills.

13. Fight Club (1999)

R | 1h 53min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 1 June 1990 (USA)

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IMDB Description: An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

14. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

IMDB Description: A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.

17. The Edge (1997)

R | 1h 57min | Action, Adventure, Drama | 26 September 1997 (USA)

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IMDB Description: An intellectual billionaire and two lesser men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.

24. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)

R | 1h 38min | Action, Crime, Drama | 23 August 1991 (USA)

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IMDB Description: Forced by the imminent foreclosure of their friend’s bar, two lifelong buddies will decide to rob a bank’s armored car, not knowing that its cargo is not money, but a new street drug.

27. Mad Max Fury Road (2015)

R | 2h | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 15 May 2015 (USA)

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IMDB Description:A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in postapocalyptic Australia in search for her home-land with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper, and a drifter named Max.

30. The Warriors (1979)

R | 1h 32min | Action, Thriller | 9 February 1979 (USA)

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IMDB Description:In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down.

32. Top Gun (1986)

PG | 1h 50min | Action, Drama, Romance | 16 May 1986 (USA)

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IMDB Description:As students at the United States Navy’s elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

33. Black Dynamite (2009)

IMDB Description:Black Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man it’s up to him to find justice.
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35. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1960)

IMDB Description:A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
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38. The Dark Knight (2008)

IMDB Description:When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice.
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My grandfather Ken Cummins was a sniper in World War II (shot and wounded in Okinawa where almost every member of his company were killed ), an avid outdoors-man, gunsmith, and firearms instructor. It is from him that I inherited my love for firearms and the great outdoors. I am an entrepreneur, author, speaker, graphic designer, survivalist, and outdoors-man who is on a mission to bring you the best possible information on the lost survival (life) skills of those who have gone before. Please be sure to visit my news and analysis site: thecumminsreport.com

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